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What's bothering Ohio State football fan Mike Huffman about the Buckeyes heading into next
season isn't the suspension of Coach Jim Tressel and six of his players.

"The biggest question in my mind is, who's going to be the starting quarterback?" Huffman said
after watching Terrelle Pryor's possible replacements struggle early in the team's spring scrimmage
yesterday in Ohio Stadium.

The scrimmage was the first chance for fans to see the team and the players since the school
announced in March that it would suspend Tressel for two games.

The suspension came after he admitted at a news conference that "I let some people down" for not
telling university officials of emails he received as early as April 2010 that indicated his
players were selling autographs, championship rings and other memorabilia for money and
tattoos.

Tressel's suspension later was extended to five games. He also was fined $250,000.

Five players, including Pryor, also have been suspended for five games. A sixth player will miss
one game.

Huffman, sounding a lot like other fans at the game, said the suspension of the players hasn't
changed his opinion of them or Tressel.

"So the players got some tattoos for free, big deal," said Huffman, 62, of Sunbury, who was
perched way up in C deck in the end zone.

As far as Tressel goes, "He's a good coach," Huffman said. "He's been good for Ohio State."

A Quinnipiac University poll released in March found that 83 percent of those who call
themselves Ohio State fans said Tressel should not be fired, and more than half of those polled
think that the suspension and fine are sufficient punishment.

There was no indication during the game that either Tressel or the players - who were allowed to
participate in spring drills despite the suspension - suffered fallout from what has happened. Some
fans still shouted "Boom" when suspended running back Daniel "Boom" Herron carried the ball. They
also applauded when another one of the suspended players, receiver DeVier Posey, made a nice
catch.

Pryor, who wasn't going to play anyway because he is recovering from foot surgery, stood on the
field near Tressel for much of the game.

The attendance of 44,276 was well below that of previous years, including the 95,722 who were at
the game two years ago. But the weather might have been to blame: It was cloudy and threatening
rain.

"I think selling some stuff is petty compared with receiving money," said Scott Billeg, 44, of
Fostoria, who was making his first visit to Ohio Stadium.

Like Huffman, other fans were more interested in the new players on the field and which players
might step in to play significant roles until the suspended players return.

"They've got to find replacements for all those guys," said Mel Richmond, 28, of Cleveland.